“That looks _____ good.” So said TMR’s Tony O’Kane as he wandered past my desk and caught a glimpse of the NoviTec Tridente Maserati GranTurismo S. We don’t condone that sort of talk around these parts, but when you’re right, you’re right.

Pushing 447kW (600hp) through the 4.7 litre V8, the German tuning house strapped on a supercharger, upgraded the exhaust and tweaked the ECU to boost power from the already agreeable 324kW (434hp) of the Maserati GranTurismo S.

There are no official figures for the performance of NoviTec’s Mazza, but the TMR calculator reckons you’re looking at a 3.48 second sprint to 100km/h – not a bad slice off the GranTurismo S’ standard 4.9 second run.

Novitec kept it simple as far as the cosmetic surgery goes, with NM3 20x9-inch wheels up front and 21x12.5-inch examples out back, all sitting on worked KW suspension.

Those huge rims are complemented by subtle carbon-fibre lips and skirts all round, and a small wing to top it all off.